There is a good chance that if you are reading this article, then you have some concerns about your relationship.
You may not be entirely responsible for where you are at, in fact it's highly likely you are not. Maybe you are not even 50% responsible. It doesn't really matter.
What does matter is that without commitment from you, you may as well give up now. There's no backing away from it once the process has begun. Because this is a process.
OK. Let's back up a little. Firstly let's start with something really obvious, but sadly often overlooked. Do you want to fix whatever is wrong in your relationship?
I mean, do you want to be in a relationship with your partner? Because you really need to have the answer to that firmly figured out before anything else.
If the answer is 'maybe' or 'no', then no matter what advice or tools you are taught, it won't work. People end relationships for all sorts of reasons. People stick at it for all sorts of reasons too.
The point is that what is required from here on is commitment. Real stick ability. Commitment is a really important concept, and one we will return to later.
But for now what I need from you is a firm 'yes'. Yes I am committed to making this relationship work.
Done? Great! That's a huge positive step. So, armed with a commitment to sticking it out and a commitment to change, we are ready to get into the meaty stuff.
If you have tried traditional counselling, you may have heard that communication is the most important aspect of a healthy relationship. That people need to hear and be heard. All that 'I feel this when you do that...'.
Sure, it's an important aspect of a relationship, but if you talk to people whose relationship isn't working for them, they will tell you they've been communicating and listening to no end. Often they communicate too much! Good arguing isn't good communicating.
And it's not like people haven't tried to be effective communicators. People work very hard at trying to fix it. It just doesn't move you towards each other.
OK, so arguing isn't getting anywhere. What does? Every relationship needs a healthy, functioning connection, from here on referred to as the "WE."
We are in this together. We have a common goal. We don't score points off each other. Successful relationships focus on the idea of a single entity, without losing their individuality in the process.
Successful relationships don't keep score. It's not about who does what for whom, or who has the hardest life. Real togetherness is destroyed by keeping tally and by constant attacks.
"After everything I've done for you", or "I've done this and this and what have you done.....?" These mindsets eat away at relationships. A true partnership values and respects the other's contributions, without the need for comparisons. You are on the same team, remember?
Think about the way 'we' works for you and your partner.
How important is that for you? Is it an absolute? Is it precious? In what ways do you foster your togetherness? Attack leads to defence and then retaliation. It doesn't work. Do you attack rather than support? Think back to when you were happier - how was that dynamic different?
This idea of WE has the power to transform your relationship. It is also one of the main themes of an ebook called "Save the Marriage" by Dr Lee Baucom which I highly recommend.
If you like the sound of this, you can explore more information about this practical and powerful guide: here.
So in summary you need to create and foster the idea of 'WE' as being fundamental to your relationship improving.
Look for positive ways to promote and strengthen ties within your relationship. When both parties are truly commited a shared vision emerges which transcends and empowers the individuals.
Now there is an idea worth striving for!
Tania Dally - a 36 year old psychology and education graduate as well as a mother of three sons and happily married for 15 years - works as a relationship coach on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand.


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Ageing of Bone Structure and the Risk of Osteoporosis in the Menopausal Transition | SciTechnol
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Journal of Womens Health, Issues and Care .ISSN: 2325-9795
Research Article, J Womens Health Issues Care Vol: 6 Issue: 3
Ageing of Bone Structure and the Risk of Osteoporosis in the Menopausal Transition
Annamaria Zsakai1*, Nicholas Mascie-Taylor2 and Eva B Bodzsar1
1Department of Biological Anthropology, Eotvos Lorand University, Pazmany P. s. 1/c, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
2Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK
*Corresponding Author : Annamaria Zsakai
Department of Biological Anthropology, Eotvos Lorand University, Pazmany P. s. 1/c, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: zsakaia@elte.hu
Citation: Zsakai A, Mascie-Taylor N, Bodzsar EB (2017) Ageing of Bone Structure and the Risk of Osteoporosis in the Menopausal Transition. J Womens Health, Issues Care 6:3. doi: 10.4172/2325-9795.1000272
Purpose: The purpose of the research was to study the relationship between menopausal status and bone structure during the menopausal transition.
Methods: A random sample of 1932 Hungarian women was enrolled in the study. Bone mass was estimated by the Drinkwater-Ross method. Bone structure parameters were assessed by a quantitative ultrasound (QUS) device. High and very high risk of osteoporosis was identified by using the thresholds of QUS parameters.
Results: By considering the changes in QUS parameters and bone mass by age and reproductive age an intensive, menopause-related change from the late 40s and then another significant change from the beginning of the 70s were observed in bone. The bone mass decreased while the porosity of the bone component of the female body decreased by age and by menopausal status. On average 15- 7% of women are at very high risk of developing osteoporosis in the premenopausal status and after the menopausal transition the decreased level of female sex hormone production doubles this risk of osteoporosis from the beginning of the postreproductive period, triples this risk for women in the seventies.
Conclusion: The results emphasize the importance of menopausal status assessment in screening for age-related increase risk of osteoporosis.
Keywords: Risk of osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound parameters; Bone structure; Bone mass; Menopausal transition
Osteoporosis, one of the most frequent skeletal disorders, is the imbalance of the bone remodelling when the balance of the bone resorption and formation functions is disturbed. The remodelling of bones is influenced by many internal and external factors: it has a strong genetic component, it is strictly regulated by the endocrine system, but it is also an age-, diet-, activity-, drug consumption-related disorder [1]. Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of the trabecular bone microarchitecture, and the structural changes arising from physiological and biomechanical processes result in reduced bone strength, mechanical weakness and increased fracture risk [2].
Osteoporosis has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over age 50 experience osteoporotic fractures [3-6]. The ageing of the populations in developed countries, the clinical consequences and economic burden of this disease emphasize the importance of the population-wide screening programmes of the disease to identify the most important risk factors of osteoporosis and its pre diagnostic forms as early as possible.
The diagnosis of osteoporosis can be made by the examination of bone density and bone quality. Bone density tends to be assessed by medical imaging techniques on different regions of the skeleton, while bone quality is usually assessed on the basis of the subject's history of a fragility fracture. In spite of its potential for widespread use at present it is used in the screening but not in the diagnosis of osteoporosis contrary to the "gold standard" central densitometry techniques. Since the diagnostic sensitivity of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) method has been described as sensitive as in the dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in the last decades [7-9] and QUS is radiation free, portable, developed for scanning the peripheral regions of the skeleton and inexpensive it is considered nowadays as an alternative to photon absorptiometric methods in the skeletal status assessment in osteoporosis. Moreover, both the structure of the bones and on the basis of structural information bone mass density can be assessed by the QUS method.
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases [10,11] recommended the T score ≤ -2.5 threshold of bone mineral density to diagnose osteoporosis in photon absorptiometric methods. However, the combined analyses of x-ray and ultrasonic methods revealed this WHO criteria of osteoporosis cannot be used for QUS methods [9]. Therefore thresholds for several QUS peripheral devices for osteoporosis risk assessment were suggested [12] by analysing the QUS parameters of subjects with and without total hip DEXA osteoporosis diagnosis.
Women from their late 40s are at higher risk of developing osteoporosis due to the body and bone structural changes (higher risk of obesity, low bone mass and bone mineral density) caused by the low levels of endogenous sex hormones, the decreased level of physical activity and the metabolic changes of the menopausal transition [13-18]. The main purposes of the study were (1) to study the bone status of women in the menopausal transition, and (2) to assess the risk of osteoporosis in the menopausal transition by a QUS method. The bone status of subjects were characterized by bone mass, BUA and SOS QUS parameters, as well as by the stiffness index derived from the QUS parameters. The DTU-one osteometer, the imaging ultrasound scanner used in the study, examines the structure of the calcaneus bone. The DTU-one device was used since the very first sign of the forming osteoporotic structure in the skeleton can usually be observed in the calcaneus bone, since it is greater than 90% trabecular volume, and there is little overlying tissue in this region of interest.
Subjects and Methods
After body structural (anthropometric, body composition and osteometric) examinations women (n: 1932, aged 35+ years; (Table 1)) were interviewed by questionnaires concerning their reproductive and menstrual history, socio-demographic background, lifestyle, health conditions and subjective health during a cross-sectional survey between 2011 and 2014 [19]. Women who had any diseases or were taking any medications known to affect body composition, or who were hysterectomized or ovariectomized, were not included in the analysis. Sample selection was done by considering the recommendations of the Sampling and Methodology Section of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, which were based on the population statistics of the administrative territories and designstatistical regions.
Age-group (years)
25.1-35.0 (Age-group 30) 185 9.6
45.1-55.0 (Age-group 50) 256 13.3
Together 1932 100.0
Table 1: The distribution of subjects by age-groups.
Subjects were divided into ten-year age-groups (Table 1). Subjects were also divided into menopausal status (premenopausal, early and late perimenopausal and postmenopausal) subgroups on the basis of the occurrence of irregular periods and the age of last menstrual period. Only the joint premenopausal (women with menstrual bleeding in the past 12 months) and the postmenopausal (women who were amenorrheic for the past 12 months and no hysterectomy) subgroups were used in the present analysis. Premature menopause was diagnosed if the onset of menopause occurred before age 40.
Bone mass was estimated by the Drinkwater-Ross [20] anthropometric four-component method. Bone structure was examined by a DTU-one ultrasound device (Osteometer Meditech, California, USA), two ultrasound parameters on the left calcaneus bone were measured: broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA, dB/MHz) and speed of sound (SOS, m/s). An additional ultrasonic parameter, the stiffness index (SI=0.67 × BUA + 0.28 × SOS – 420) [21] was derived from the individual BUA and SOS parameters to minimize the measurement errors caused by the variation of heel width and water temperature [22,23].
The level of risk for osteoporosis was estimated by using the QUS parameters' thresholds (BUA ≤ 35.1 dB/MHz, SOS ≤ 1528 m/s) introduced by [12] for the DTU-one quantitative ultrasonic device of peripheral bone status assessment. The thresholds were constructed in women aged between 55-80 years for the DTU-one device that identified women with osteoporosis with the same specificity and sensitivity as total hip DXA at 95% confidence level (95% certainty that an individual had osteoporosis). The threshold values of both BUA and SOS were used in the present analysis. Women having lower level of one QUS parameter than the threshold were considered being at high risk of osteoporosis, while those women whose both QUS parameters were lower than the thresholds were identified being at very high risk of osteoporosis.
Data management and statistical analysis
The computations and the statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS v. 20. Hypotheses were tested at the 5% level of random error. The centile curves of bone structural parameters were estimated by using lmsChartMaker Pro 2.3 software [24,25] based on the LMS method.
Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All participants were provided with detailed information on the main purposes of the study and on all examinations before their approval. The participation was voluntary and anonymous. The research objectives, the research methodology and the questionnaires were approved by the National Human Research Ethics Committee (108/2011) and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (EIK-1001/2011). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Since international or foreign references are used in the Hungarian screening surveys of skeletal status, the reference quantitative ultrasound data in the studied age-group of Hungarian women were constructed for the DTU-one sonometer. By considering the reference centiles it could be stated, that all the QUS parameters decreased by age in women in the studied age interval, however an accelerated decrease was observed in SOS from the age of 45 (Figure 1). The absolute bone mass was found to be stable until the age of 65, and then revealed a decrease until the end of the studied age interval. There was a tendency for premenopausal women have a higher QUS parameters than postmenopausal age-peers, but the bone mass of women of differing menopausal status of the same age did not vary in the studied sample (Figure 1).
Figure 1: The centile distribution of quantitative ultrasound parameters (calcaneus, DTU-one) and absolute bone mass in women aged between 25 and 90 years (median curves of premenopausal: — and postmenopausal: - - - subgroups).
The risk of osteoporosis increased by age in the postmenopausal subgroup, however very intensively after the age of 75 years (Figure 2). The risk of osteoporosis did not change by age in the premenopausal subgroup, the prevalence of women with high level osteoporosis ranged between 1.5-2.5%, while the prevalence of women with very high level osteoporosis ranged between 14.5-17.0% in women in the reproductive period. This means generally 15-17% of women are at very high risk for osteoporosis, and after the menopausal transition the decreased level of female sex hormone production doubles this risk for the beginning of the post reproductive period, and triples this risk for women in their 70s (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Prevalence (%) of women identified with high and very high level of osteoporosis by menopausal status.
The pattern of BUA and SOS parameters in women who experienced premature menopause was different from the general centile distribution of QUS parameters. Both BUA and SOS parameters of women with premature menopause were significantly smaller than women in their age-groups (Figure 3).
Figure 3: BUA and SOS quantitative ultrasound parameters of women (●) with premature menopause (age at menopause ≤ 45 years) in the centile distribution of the studied population' QUS parameters (BUA and SOS: p<0.05, χ2 test).
The potential of using a quantitative ultrasound method in the screening for osteoporosis has not been fully utilized. However, the International Quantitative Ultrasound Consensus Group has already suggested the method for fracture risk prediction at least in elderly women [26,27]. On the basis of their recommendation an assessment of women's skeletal status in the menopausal transition was carried out to study the ageing processes of bone mass and structure and to evaluate the osteoporotic risk by the reproductive ageing.
By considering the results of the present analysis the following could be concluded:
(1) The changes in the sex hormone levels in the menopausal transition manifested in the structural parameters of the bones but not in the absolute amount of bone mass.
(2) The risk of osteoporosis in women did not change until the beginning of the post reproductive period, and ranged between 15- 17%, while the risk doubled in the menopausal transition and there was another shift towards an increased risk from the age 70.
(3) Premature menopause indicates that the hormonal status in the reproductive period predicts the bone status not only at the end of the reproductive period but through the whole post reproductive period.
Limitation of the study was the design of methodology. The level of risk for osteoporosis was estimated by using the international thresholds of QUS parameters. The thresholds were constructed only for women aged between 55-80 years, and the thresholds are not age-dependent cut-off values [12]. The methodology of menopausal status estimation also impacted the results of study, since only the occurrence of irregular periods and the age of last menstrual period were, but sex hormonal status was not considered. However, the results of the analysis emphasize the importance of menopausal status assessment in screening for age-related increase risk of osteoporosis.
The study was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund under OTKA grant K83966. The work of the first author was also supported by the Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship (2014-2017) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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Days after the gunman slaughtered several of their regular clients, members of the family who have owned Le Carillon bar for 40 years tell The Local of the trauma of witnessing what happened and how regulars are urging them to reopen when the time is right.
On weekend evenings the pavement terrace that bends around the Le Carillon bar by Canal Saint Martin is usually packed with the hip and trendy from around the neighbourhood.
It was no different on Friday November 13th, with many of the usual crowd who frequent the iconic bar sat drinking on the terrace that faces the Petit Cambodge restaurant on Rue Bichat.
"My cousin had just been out to collect glasses from outside and just as he got back behind the bar, the shooting started," Momo, one of the members of the Algerian family who runs Le Carillon, told The Local this week.
"We realised pretty quickly it wasn't just someone setting off fire crackers. I immediately ran up the stairs behind the bar. My cousin ran to the toilet and locked himself in," Momo said, his voice trembling.
"The shooting seemed to last about a minute and a few minutes later we went back down stairs," he said.
By that point the gunmen had fled, moving on to their next target, just a short distance away where people were drinking and eating on the terraces of two other restaurants – Café Bonne Biere and Le Casa Nostra.
At Le Carillon what they had left behind was nothing short of carnage.
He said it took around 10 minutes for police and teams of paramedics to turn up, which he said seemed like an age.
"I was crying. I didn't know what to do. I was traumatised, in shock," said Momo.
His uncle Otto, who runs Le Petit Carillon a short walk away up the Canal Saint Martin, had been called and told "that people are shooting at Le Carillon".
"I just got in the car and sped down there, but the police wouldn't let me near the bar," he told The Local. "I thought it must have been two gangs settling a score over drugs.
"I wanted to get inside. I told police 'I am family', but they wouldn't let me in," Otto told The Local. "It was total panic.
"I still have this image of the bodies on the pavement in front of the door of the bar with jackets over their faces. I've never seen anything like it in my life," he said. "Firemen were trying to save people's lives, they were pumping someone's chest" he said.
Some of the gunmen's bullets pierced the windows and the walls of the bar.
Witnesses say that in the panic and confusion some of those drinking inside ran outside towards the gunmen thinking the shooting was occurring from in the bar. It is unknown whether the instinctive reaction cost them their lives.
Questions have been asked why terrorists would choose to target a bar run by an Algerian family and a Cambodian restaurant.
Some believe it is simply because they represent everything the gunmen were against: a place where people of all creeds and colours are free to smoke, to flirt, to sing, to dance, to laugh and to get drunk if they so wish.
But it seems that it was chosen simply because the large terrace and the big windows of the Petit Cambodge was an enticing target for terrorists intent on claiming as many victims as possible.
In all 15 young people were gunned down at Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge.
Among those who died on the terrace were the twin sisters Charlotte and Emilie Meaud, both aged 30. A friend also died along with them, who reports say had only just married in August.
The two attackers believed to be the Abdeslam brothers.
Brahim Abdeslam later blew himself up the Comptoir Voltaire on Avenue Voltaire, while Salah is presumed to be on the run and is the subject of an international arrest warrant. Another assailant, possibly the driver of the black Seat car, is also being hunted by police.
"One thing I remember was all the people filming and taking photos and the police were shouting at them to stop," said Otto.
Members of the family were allowed back into Le Carillon the next day while officials from the Town Hall were sent in to help with the traumatic job of cleaning up.
The bar remains closed for the foreseeable future and has since become a makeshift shrine with flowers, photos of the victims and messages of defiance and peace left where the bodies fell.
Since then its regulars have been paying homage to the bar and its unique ambiance.
"At Le Carillon, we drank too much, smoked too much, sang too loudly on the pavement... but certainly never laughed too much or lived too much," wrote one French journalist.
"Le Carillon was my favourite bar in Paris. It was a lot of people's favourite bar. I hope it will be again," wrote an English journalist.
Momo finds the thought of reopening again hard to comprehend but it is the messages of support from those very regulars that he is holding to.
He says the bar will likely remain closed until December 10th.
"It will be extremely difficult, but so many people have told me they will be there as soon as we reopen," he said.
On Thursday the family posted a letter of thanks on the door of the bar.
"We would like to give our sincere condolences and show our deepest solidarity with all the families of the victims, their loved ones and you, dear friends and regulars who have been the soul of this place for 40 years."
"We haven't been able to express ourselves sooner due to shock and how to find the right words for such a moment – but all of our thoughts since Friday go towards you who have lost a loved one."
"Thank you for all your support which touches us. Courage to you all, and let us stay united in sorrow but also in hoping for happier and forever more fraternal days."


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The largest city in Kentucky without a fairness ordinance will host its first pride festival later this month.
The October 21 event in Bowling Green will feature music, performances, and vendors, as well as a rally at city hall. The day will conclude with a pride crawl in the evening that will feature drink specials, live music, and drag performances at participating venues.
Chris Hartman heads the Fairness Campaign based in Louisville and says he commends local organizers for holding the inaugural event.
"It shows the resilience and bravery of the local community," Hartman told WKU Public Radio. "It is a bit of a risk to hold a pride festival in cities that don't have discrimination protections for LBGTQ people."
LGBTQ advocates have worked behind the scenes for several years to garner support for a fairness ordinance in Bowling Green that would prohibit discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations.
City Commissioner Slim Nash officially introduced a measure in February, which failed among city leaders.
In a rally outside the Barren County Courthouse, Chadwick Shockley of Glasgow said he knows Judge Nance personally and was surprised by his recusal.
"It was like a kick in the head for him to infer that I was not fit to be a parent," Shockley told WKU Public Radio. "I've raised two sons and a daughter with my husband."


Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese game music composer known for his work on Ys, ActRaiser, and Etrian Odyssey. For Symphonic Shades, he has arranged the Jim Power in Mutant Planet main theme.
Q: Last year, you attended the video game music concert in Leipzig, together with your colleague Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. Can you tell us more?
A: Yes, I was very happy to be invited. I really like the atmosphere of the Gewandhaus and its surroundings, because it is the place where a lot of historical concerts have been performed. I think that the fans were so friendly and they listened to the concert seriously. Sometimes I was amazed that some people were speaking fluent Japanese and asked me for autographs!
Q: Does the Japanese audience take an equally serious approach when it comes to listening to video game music concerts?
A: Yes, I think so. A difference might be that Japanese people are too quiet compared to German people. I am talking about the applause and the reactions, of course; there's no question that people have to keep quiet during the performance itself. It is hard to find out whether Japanese audiences are enjoying the concert, but they usually talk about performances enthusiastically on the net.
Q: How did you approach the arrangement of Jim Power in Mutant Planet?
A: I arranged the opening theme. I really like it! I tried to preserve the original theme and its structure as much as possible when I made the arrangement. However, I adopted an impressionistic approach to the orchestration. I am confident that the fans will enjoy it!
Q: Was it difficult to make the arrangement?
A: It was kind of difficult because it was originally rock music.
Q: Soon you will go to Germany?
A: I am very excited to come to Germany each time there is a concert. I love the beautiful scenery out there and historical constructions like the old castles in Dresden. I am very much looking forward to the German food!


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Newsweek: U.N. Renews Calls to Investigate Deadly Anti-Government Protests in Ethiopia
U.N. Renews Calls to Investigate Deadly Anti-Government Protests in Ethiopia
By Ludovica Iaccino On 5/5/17 at 11:32 AM
World Ethiopia Oromo protests Human rights
The U.N. has renewed calls to the Ethiopian government to let human rights officials conduct independent investigations into allegations of abuses by security forces against protesters in the country in 2015 and 2016.
High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein made the plea Thursday, which marked the end of his three-day official visit in the East African nation.
Demonstrations broke out in Ethiopia's Oromia region in November 2015 and later spread to the Amhara region in the country's northwest, growing into what has been considered the biggest anti-government unrest in Ethiopia's recent history. The unrest prompted the country to declare a state of emergency—still in place today—that put an end to the protests.
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Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission concluded, in a report released in April, that the unrest had resulted in the deaths of 669 people, including 63 policemen, since November 2015.
Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Hussein praised the Commission's work. However, he added: "I believe my staff ought to be given access to the affected areas, and I renew my request so we can assess the situation and ascertain what further support can be given to the authorities, including justice officials. In the meantime, we will study the latest report of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, and I hope to return to Ethiopia early next year to assess the progress made on this issue."
Last year, the U.N. and the European Parliament called on Ethiopia to allow "an international commission of inquiry to investigate the protests and the violence," but Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn rejected such calls in April, saying his government had nothing to hide, AP reported.
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Rights groups have voiced concerns about the commission's report, suggesting it fails to give an accurate picture of the security forces' responsibility for the casualties. They have accused security forces of killing hundreds of people, opening fire on unarmed protesters and arbitrarily arresting protesters, journalists and human rights defenders during the protests. However, while the Commission recommended prosecution of some police officers, it maintained that the overall response by security forces was adequate.
Protesters were initially angered by government plans to expand the territory of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, with farmers raising concerns that increasing the size of the city would lead to forced evictions and loss of arable land.
The government later scrapped the plans, but demonstrations continued. Protesters argued for a greater inclusion in the political process, claiming they had been marginalized. The Ethiopian government is dominated by the Tigray minority, which represents 6.2 percent of the total population.
Protesters also called for the release of political prisoners. Rights groups have often accused Ethiopia of arresting and subjecting political activists and opposition leaders to unfair trials.
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/un-ethiopia-investigate-protests-deaths-595297
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By Natalie O. Ludaway, Suzanne Trivette & Crowell's State AG Team on June 9, 2021
Posted in Antitrust, CFPB, Charities / Nonprofits, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Covid-19, Energy, Environment, Financial Misconduct, Healthcare, Labor, Uncategorized
Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week's updates.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021:
Arizona Attorney General Brnovich announced that refund checks are being sent to consumers following a $1.75 million settlement his office reached with Landmark Home Warranty in March 2021. The settlement stemmed from consumer complaints alleging that the company failed to deliver on its promises of expedited air conditioning services.
Rhode Island Attorney General Neronha announced that his office has granted conditional approval of a change in ownership of hospitals Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, but the approval imposes strict conditions to ensure the hospitals continue to operate for the next five years. The conditions include, among other things, upfront financial commitments on the part of Prospect Medical Holdings' anticipated new majority holders.
Illinois Attorney General Raoul announced that a Cook County Circuit Court judge declined to dismiss his office's lawsuit against staffing agencies Elite Staffing, Inc., Metro Staff, Inc., and Midway Staffing, Inc., and their client Colony, Inc., alleging that the staffing agencies formed an illegal agreement to fix wages and to refuse to solicit or hire employees of the others. The lawsuit also alleges that Colony helped facilitate the illegal conduct. The Circuit Court found that though the Illinois Antitrust Act protects legal labor union activities from antitrust liability, it does not provide a broad immunization for illegal conduct. The lawsuit seeks civil penalties, damages, and injunctive relief.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021:
North Carolina Attorney General Stein expressed concern over the recent increase in hospital consolidations. In his press release, Attorney General Stein states that consolidations are not always preferable and encourages hospital directors to be sure that consolidation is in patients' and communities' best interest before it is pursued. He also warns hospital system administrators that failing to provide transparent pricing is against the law.
Connecticut Attorney General Tong announced the enactment of a new law which prohibits limited service pregnancy centers from using false, misleading, or deceptive language about the services they provide, or from offering services that they do not intend to provide. Under the new law, this type of false and misleading advertising is subject to enforcement action by the Attorney General's Office.
Florida Attorney General Moody announced that she has joined a coalition of 22 states in an amended complaint in the Southern District of Texas seeking to block President Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
California Attorney General Bonta testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on California's proposed restoration of its waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas and zero emission vehicle program. The waiver was withdrawn by the Trump administration, and Attorney General Bonta is asking for it to be reinstated.
Thursday, June 3, 2021:
Charities/Nonprofits
Washington D.C. Attorney General Racine announced a lawsuit against nonprofit entities Delta Phi Epsilon, Inc. and Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation and their officer and director for allegedly disregarding governing requirements and diverting nonprofit funds for the director's personal benefit, failing to meet the entities' nonprofit purposes. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and governance reform including removing the director.
Ohio Attorney General Yost announced a settlement with the operators of charity Dogs 4 Warriors, resolving allegations of the abuse of funds and deceptive fundraising activity. Under the settlement, the charity's operators must pay $50,000 in damages and penalties, as well as permanently shut down the charity and remove its online presence.
Minnesota Attorney General Ellison filed a lawsuit against the operator of a Philando Castile charity, alleging that the operator did not properly spend all of the money raised in Castile's name, with about $120,000 unaccounted for. The complaint charges the operator with four counts, including "(1) breach of charitable trust, (2) deceptive solicitation of charitable contributions, (3) failure to keep proper records as a soliciting charity, and (4) failure to register with the Attorney General's office as a soliciting charity." It seeks restitution, among other relief.
New York Attorney General James announced the conviction of gas station Verrazano Enterprises, Inc. for grand larceny, based on the theft of more than $244,000 in sales tax from the sale of motor fuel. As part of their pleas, the gas station and its owner have paid over $189,000 in restitution as well as executed a confession of judgment for the whole amount stolen from the state.
Florida Attorney General Moody issued a consumer alert warning consumers about phantom debt collection schemes and how to avoid them.
Michigan Attorney General Nessel announced that after her intervention, the acquisition by Axium UP Holding of the Upper Peninsula Power Company has resulted in additional consumer benefits, such as revenue credits, shareholder forgiveness, and a moratorium on base rate increases until 2023.
Massachusetts Attorney General Healey announced a $300,000 settlement with personal injury law firm Keches Law Group, P.C. for allegedly operating a kickback scheme with a pharmacy to whom it referred injured clients.
Arizona Attorney General Brnovich applauded a Ninth Circuit ruling reversing a Wesson Oil class action settlement over a 100% natural claim where the majority of the recovery went to attorneys instead of consumers and where attorneys general and the Ninth Circuit believed the injunctive relief portion was weak.
Connecticut Attorney General Tong applauded the state Senate's passage of legislation strengthening the Attorney General's ability to enforce state civil rights laws, including enforcing against state hate crimes laws, by formalizing the Attorney General's ability to investigate and bring civil rights lawsuits.
Colorado Attorney General Weiser announced that after an agreement with his office, travel company EF Educational Tours will soon notify consumers of refund options for trips that were canceled because of the pandemic, which will include a full refund, a voucher, or rescheduling the trip through September 2023.
Kentucky Attorney General Cameron filed an amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, asking it to review a D.C. Circuit ruling allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to make strict carbon emission standards, which could result in the closure of coal-fired power plants.
Missouri Attorney General Schmitt announced that four individuals are barred from participating in government healthcare services after Medicaid fraud prosecutions and convictions. All four providers pled guilty to healthcare fraud involving false records.
California Attorney General Bonta announced his conditional approval of Prime Healthcare Foundation, Inc.'s sale of Glendora Oaks Behavioral Health Hospital to CHLB, LLC for about $24.25 million. Attorney General Bonta found that the sale with conditions, such as the requirement that CHLB continue to operate the hospital and maintain existing services for ten years, will be an improvement, as CHLB is more experienced in the management of acute psychiatric hospitals.
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Raghav Sharma, MD, is an interventional cardiologist with Orlando Health Heart Institute Cardiology Group. He is board certified in interventional cardiology, vascular interpretation, cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and internal medicine.
Dr. Sharma earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla and his bachelor's of science degree in biological sciences from Indiana University in Bloomington, where he graduated with honors. He completed fellowships in interventional cardiology and cardiology and a residency in internal medicine at Hofstra School of Medicine – Northwell Health in Manhasset, New York. He served as chief fellow during his cardiology fellowship and as chief resident after his internal medicine residency. He completed his internship in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. During his training, Dr. Sharma was the recipient of several patient satisfaction and outstanding team member awards.
Dr. Sharma is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Society for Vascular Medicine, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, and American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. He has been published in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent presenter. He continues to pursue his research interests in coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease.
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Q: rails precompiled assets in public/packs not being served in production on ec2 instance I'm deploying a rails 6 application with webpacker on AWS ec2 instance with Nginx, using Capistrano. The first time i deployed the app in production i did so without precompiling assets locally and took too long and finally worked. But as my application becomes larger with many css, js and other assets to compile i went on precompiling locally using RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile. Then i  deployed to production with SKIP_ASSETS=1 cap production deploy where SKIP_ASSETS is a rake task in capistrano/task folder. I was able to deploy the app faster without assets being compiled on production server. When i refresh the brower, i can see my app but the assets precompiled in the folder public/packs are not being served (the hash of the .css and .js file do not match that in public/packs.
I get the following error when i look at the browser console
GET https://somedomain.net/packs/css/application-e1eaaa01.css net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
GET https://somedomain.net/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)

this is what i see in production in public/packs/css/
application-91e4cb67.css  application-91e4cb67.css.br  application-91e4cb67.css.gz

Looking at the log in production i found this
FATAL -- : [2c61c3a9-0133-4eda-b37b-4fefe8948ec0]
[2c61c3a9-0133-4eda-b37b-4fefe8948ec0] ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js"):

Looking at nginx.conf i have this line
root /home/deploy/myapp/current/public

I also tried setting this in production.rb but it did'nt solve the problem
config.public_file_server.enabled=true

public/packs/manifest.json looks like this:
{
  "admin.js": "/packs/js/admin-3adbcf597c3892508a80.js",
  "admin.js.map": "/packs/js/admin-3adbcf597c3892508a80.js.map",
  "app.js": "/packs/js/app-aedc421c2c4342e69b23.js",
  "app.js.map": "/packs/js/app-aedc421c2c4342e69b23.js.map",
  "application.css": "/packs/css/application-e1eaaa01.css",
  "application.css.map": "/packs/css/application-e1eaaa01.css.map",
  "application.js": "/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js",
  "application.js.map": "/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js.map",
  "curriculum.js": "/packs/js/curriculum-90932b11d8e738537011.js",
  "curriculum.js.map": "/packs/js/curriculum-90932b11d8e738537011.js.map",
  "entrypoints": {
    "admin": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/admin-3adbcf597c3892508a80.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/admin-3adbcf597c3892508a80.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "app": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/app-aedc421c2c4342e69b23.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/app-aedc421c2c4342e69b23.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "application": {
      "css": [
        "/packs/css/application-e1eaaa01.css"
      ],
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js"
      ],
      "css.map": [
        "/packs/css/application-e1eaaa01.css.map"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/application-a89fd481878017456cf7.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "curriculum": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/curriculum-90932b11d8e738537011.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/curriculum-90932b11d8e738537011.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "jquery-ui": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/jquery-ui-3e39ba39480cd149114d.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/jquery-ui-3e39ba39480cd149114d.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "jquery": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/jquery-9e6aaa895e0224ac507d.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/jquery-9e6aaa895e0224ac507d.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "quill_editor": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/quill_editor-9b402f092ddc5d16a887.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/quill_editor-9b402f092ddc5d16a887.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "shared_javascript": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/shared_javascript-f0cae6e551b8cfc573c9.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/shared_javascript-f0cae6e551b8cfc573c9.js.map"
      ]
    },
    "video_player": {
      "js": [
        "/packs/js/video_player-8b5df237b6fc7da9efea.js"
      ],
      "js.map": [
        "/packs/js/video_player-8b5df237b6fc7da9efea.js.map"
      ]
    }
  },
  "jquery-ui.js": "/packs/js/jquery-ui-3e39ba39480cd149114d.js",
  "jquery-ui.js.map": "/packs/js/jquery-ui-3e39ba39480cd149114d.js.map",
  "jquery.js": "/packs/js/jquery-9e6aaa895e0224ac507d.js",
  "jquery.js.map": "/packs/js/jquery-9e6aaa895e0224ac507d.js.map",
  "quill_editor.js": "/packs/js/quill_editor-9b402f092ddc5d16a887.js",
  "quill_editor.js.map": "/packs/js/quill_editor-9b402f092ddc5d16a887.js.map",
  "shared_javascript.js": "/packs/js/shared_javascript-f0cae6e551b8cfc573c9.js",
  "shared_javascript.js.map": "/packs/js/shared_javascript-f0cae6e551b8cfc573c9.js.map",
  "video_player.js": "/packs/js/video_player-8b5df237b6fc7da9efea.js",
  "video_player.js.map": "/packs/js/video_player-8b5df237b6fc7da9efea.js.map"
}

I have the feeling the manifest in not being updated with the new precompiled .css et .js assets hashes.
Any idea how i can solve this issue in production ? do i need to run a specific webpacker command on production to solve this issue. Thanks

A: After hours of searching and asking questions elsewhere and experimenting, i finally came up with a solution that was radical but worked for me: I deleted current and releases folders on my server, then run, assets:clean, assets:clobber on my local computer, then set config.assets.compile = false in environement/production.rb, changed the output_path from packs to public/assets in webpacker.yml. Then i precompiled again locally then deployed. I skipped assets compiling again on server and it works!.

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Arbonne Reports On Its Sustainable Packaging Strategy
Here's how Arbonne is supporting a circular economy—and its sustainable packaging goals for 2025.
Arbonne makes strides in sustainable packaging
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Lots of companies and beauty brands—both large and small— have announced new sustainable packaging goals recently, as the pressure mounts for us all to respond to the climate crisis.
Arbonne's Annual Sustainability Report is a comprehensive look at how the company supports a circular economy. The report highlights its recent achievements in 'greener' manufacturing and eco-friendly packaging.
Andrea Chase, director of corporate responsibility & social impact at Arbonne, says, "We're excited to unveil Arbonne's sustainability accomplishments and goals..."
Chase continues, "...to ensure our mission and commitment to empowering people and assuring the planet flourishes and these efforts can be sustained for future generations."
Fabienne Smolinski, chief people and CSR officer at Arbonne, adds, "I am extremely proud of the progress that we've made in the past year. We have more work to do and recognize that sustainability is a journey, but our employees and customers are right alongside us in this journey..."
Sustainability Goals To Meet By 2025
By 2025, Arbonne expects to:
Divert over 90% of its waste, globally
Reduce water consumption by 20% compared to a 2019 baseline
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% compared to 2019, and then 75% by 2030
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Striving To Be Zero-Waste, Reducing Emissions
Arbonne is based in Irvine, California, where its zero-waste headquarters and distribution center diverted more than 98% of its waste was diverted from landfills in 2019 and 99% in 2020. In June 2020, Arbonne's UK office became its first net-zero emissions location by converting 100% renewable electricity generated by wind and hydro-power, eliminating carbon emissions.
Arbonne benchmarks its suppliers based on social and environmental risks using the Blue KanGo tool. Next, low and medium-risk suppliers complete an EcoVadis assessment.
Expanding Its Send-Back Recycling Program
Since all types of beauty packaging are not recyclable or are not collected locally, Arbonne created its own recycling stream, 'ArbonneCycle.' The send-back program was created in partnership with Terracycle.
The program was expanded globally in December 2020 and provides a way for consumers to recycle all of Arbonne's non-curbside eligible packaging.
Arbonne's PCR & Glass Packaging
Arbonne International is a privately held company that creates beauty and wellness products made with plant-based ingredients and operates as a Certified B Corp. Its formulations are based on clinical research, and all products are vegan and cruelty-free. The company's ingredient policy bans more than 2,000 ingredients, such as PEGs, parabens and phthalates.
Arbonne's Botaniques Concentrated Shower Gel, shown above, is in a bottle made with 100% PCR—and the new concentrated formula resulted in a 65% reduction in packaging.
Arbonne recently converted several of its skincare lines to glass packaging. The AgeWell line, which launched in 2020, uses fully recyclable glass bottles and jars that can be recycled curbside—and is estimated to save more than 125k pounds of plastic.
Arbonne's New CEO
In April, Arbonne announced its new CEO—Tyler Whitehead. He has an established track record in the direct-selling industry, and will continue Arbonne's digital and global expansion efforts.
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Five Solar Geoengineering Tropes That Have Outstayed Their Welcome
with Andy Parker and Peter Irvine
4 Earth's Future 562-568
In the last decade, solar geoengineering (solar radiation management, or SRM) has received increasing consideration as a potential means to reduce risks of anthropogenic climate change. Some ideas regarding SRM that have been proposed have receded after being appropriately scrutinized, while others have strengthened through testing and critique. This process has improved the understanding of SRM's potential and limitations. However, several claims are frequently made in the academic and popular SRM discourses and, despite evidence to the contrary, pose the risk of hardening into accepted facts. Here, in order to foster a more productive and honest debate, we identify, describe, and refute five of the most problematic claims that are unsupported by existing evidence, unlikely to occur, or greatly exaggerated. These are: (A) once started, SRM cannot be stopped; (B) SRM is a right-wing project; (C) SRM would cost only a few billion dollars per year; (D) modeling studies indicate that SRM would disrupt monsoon precipitation; and (E) there is an international prohibition on outdoors research. SRM is a controversial proposed set of technologies that could prove to be very helpful or very harmful, and it warrants vigorous and informed public debate. By highlighting and debunking some persistent but unsupported claims, this paper hopes to bring rigor to such discussions.


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Debunking the Movie That Made Me an Atheist
My atheism, like everything else, was a slow process. There was never a day when I woke up and realized that I was an atheist, or even that I didn't believe in God. I have a story, however, that I tell people when they ask for my "deconversion story," which I could tell in my sleep. It goes like this:
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Why I Got Married at 22
This month, I will be celebrating my twenty-fourth birthday, and last month I was celebrating my one-year marriage anniversary. That's because I got married soon after graduating college, and I got engaged during college.
Continue reading "Why I Got Married at 22"
Did Jesus Exist? Review
I've had an interest in religion and atheism for a long time, especially since I started writing on this blog three years ago. I've covered topics like evolution and creationism, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (the religion I was raised in), and a whole lot of thoughts and opinions on religion in general and the existence of God. While I've done plenty of research, it still shouldn't come as a surprise to you that I tend to have my own personal biases when looking at evidence for things like God or evolution.
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2 Easy Ways to Get into Hell
Earlier this week, I saw a video from a Christian YouTuber, and I've been thinking about it ever since. I almost didn't click on it, because I thought it would be the same old Christian talking points that we hear all the time. But I'm glad that I watched it, because I was unable to stop thinking about it for days after—not because I was persuaded by it, but because I felt that it got so many things wrong.
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6 Things to Do If Someone Comes Out to You as Atheist
I've come out as atheist to college friends, two of my sisters and their husbands, and my parents. All of them were, and are, Christian, but even so, every conversation went differently. Most of these coming-out stories are documented here, and in the big picture, they went alright. They certainly could have gone much worse, but at the same time, I would not want to ever relive that time in my life. I had a list in my head of who knew and who didn't know, and once I told someone and had that weight lifted, it was only so long until I would have to tell the next person.
If someone you know has just told you that they're an atheist, just know that it was probably at least just as hard for them as it is for you. But there are a few things you can do that will make this time easier for everyone.
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C.S. Lewis vs. Evolution
A few weeks ago, I wrote a response to a presentation by young-earth creationist Jerry Bergman in which he utilized appeals to authority as his primary forms of argument that "there are a lot of scientists who are being persecuted because they don't believe in evolution." Among the men that he used to make his case were C.S. Lewis. On Lewis' evolutionary stance, Bergman stated, Continue reading "C.S. Lewis vs. Evolution"
The Reason for God Review
Last night, I successfully completed Presbyterian pastor Timothy Keller's apologetics book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. I find it fascinating to read through various apologetics books (like The Case for a Creator, Emails to a Young Seeker, and this), and see how they differ and how they don't. There were a lot of topics in The Reason for God that were familiar, but as with most apologetics books, the author tweaked a thing or two to try to refresh the tired arguments and make them his own. Continue reading "The Reason for God Review"
Can We Trust Our Senses?
I was twenty years old, and a junior in college. I was in one of Grove City's required classes called Civilization and the Speculative Mind, a class about worldviews, philosophy, and Christian theology. I wrote my term paper for this class on why naturalism does not inevitably lead to nihilism. It was a response to the claims made by James W. Sire in the class textbook The Universe Next Door. He had made three "bridges" between naturalism and nihilism which I had set out to debunk. They were: Continue reading "Can We Trust Our Senses?"
9 Annoying Things Atheists Do
Believe it or not, everyone has their faults—even atheists! I know, I'm shocked too. This week we are going to turn our attention away from creationists and humble ourselves with a little bit of atheist introspection. It is probably needless to say, but this post doesn't need to be taken too seriously. No one is perfect, and when it comes down to it, most of these points should just serve as a reminder to be a decent person, no matter what your beliefs. Regardless, here are nine things that some (not all) atheists do that they probably shouldn't.
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Who Made God? Part 2
The last time I wrote a response to a section of apologetics anthology Who Made God?: 130 Arguments for the Christian Faith, I said that maybe the book would be more coherent in Sections Two and Three: "The Existence of God" and "The Scriptures: Their Origin, History, and Accuracy". Surprise, surprise: I have been disappointed.
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97th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Rochelle Walton Gray
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Hometown: Black Jack
Joint Committee on Government Accountability
Administration and Accounts
Appropriations - General Administration
Issue Development Standing Committee on Disadvantaged Communities
Capitol Address
MO House of Representatives
201 West Capitol Avenue
Room 105-F
Jefferson City MO 65101
Rochelle.Gray@house.mo.gov
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HB 259 - (0355L.01I)
Specifies that a state employee who works 10-hour days and 40 hours per week cannot be required to take two hours of vacation leave for paid holidays
Changes the laws regarding the use of credit information when underwriting insurance contracts and prohibits insurers from taking adverse actions based on a person's credit report or insurance score
Allows any public school to offer dating abuse information in its health curriculum in grades seven through 12
Establishes the Sickle Cell Standing Committee to study and make recommendations regarding the impact of sickle cell disease on urban communities
Designates July 3 of each year as "Organ Donor Recognition Day"
Establishes a community schools grant program in St. Louis
Allows certain organizations who sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail or on their premises to obtain a special permit to remain open until 3:00 a.m. each day and to open on Sundays at 9:00 a.
Establishes the Task Force on Alternative Confinement for Victims of Human Sex Trafficking within the Department of Public Safety
Changes the laws regarding delinquent real estate taxes or mortgage notes
Exempts property in bankruptcy which is exempt from attachment or execution under common and statutory law of Missouri or under federal law
Changes the laws regarding abandoned property
Allows certain inmates who become physically or mentally disabled, infirm, incompetent, or incapacitated to be released on parole if they are eligible for specified federal medical or financial benefits
Changes the laws regarding certain mortgage disclosures and requires any lender making a reverse mortgage loan to allow for the repayment of the loan after the death of the person who entered into the loan
Changes the laws regarding certain offenders who are fugitives from justice or have outstanding arrest warrants from more than one political subdivision or jurisdiction
Requires the consolidation of specified civil court actions filed pertaining to the title of property in forcible entry and unlawful detainer cases
Allows a person to appeal certain civil cases tried before an associate circuit judge or a municipal court judge and specifies that certain appellate cases can not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
Allows community service in lieu of a fine for certain traffic offenses
Establishes a Council for Community Education within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Prohibits publishing of the names of lottery winners
Prohibits third and fourth class cities in St. Louis County from imposing a fee for a false alarm to which the police department responds if it is the alarm user's first false alarm in a 12-month period
Allows a charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxes and qualifies to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink in a convention trade area in St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, and Jefferson counties to obtain a permit to stay open until 3:00 a.m. and open at 9:00 a.m. on Sundays
Prohibits the state lottery from publishing the names of lottery winners without consent
Allows certain incarcerated parents to petition the court to delegate visitation time and access to a family member or other person with a close and substantial relationship to the parent's minor child
Changes the eligibility requirements for medical assistance under the MO HealthNet program
HCR 10 - (0342L.01I)
Designates April 2013 as "Donate Life Month" in Missouri
Designates the week of March 24, 2013, as "Colon Cancer Awareness Week" in Missouri
Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to support the efforts of the National Women's History Museum to secure a permanent home in the nation's capital at the National Mall
Designates the week of May 12 - 18, 2013, as "Sickle Cell Awareness Week" in the State of Missouri
Designates August 1, 2013, as "Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day" in Missouri
Designates December 15, 2013, as "American Red Cross Minority Blood Drive Day" in Missouri
Encourages the Missouri Veterans Commission to work with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to address the needs of women veterans and formally honors the heroic service of women veterans
HJR 13 - (0339L.01I)
Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion between the House of Representatives and the Senate
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This article was published on June 12, 2011
The multilingual web: A year of non-Latin script domain names
Paul Sawers
Paul Sawers was a reporter with The Next Web in various roles from May 2011 to November 2014. Follow Paul on Twitter: @psawers or check h (show all) Paul Sawers was a reporter with The Next Web in various roles from May 2011 to November 2014. Follow Paul on Twitter: @psawers or check him out on Google+.
May 6th 2010 was a monumental day for the Internet. Why? It was the day the first ever entirely non-Latin script country code top-level domains (ccTLD) went live. If that just made you blurt out huh?, let me explain.
The multilingual Web
The World Wide Web has evolved almost beyond all recognition over the past decade – and not just from a technological standpoint. As I wrote last month, the Web has typically been very English-centric, but the non-English speaking Web has been catching up over the past ten years. For example, the use of Arabic online increased by over 2500%, while Chinese and Spanish increased by 12 and 7 times respectively. English didn't even triple-up, but it didn't need to grow by all that much – English was already everywhere.
So whilst the Web has always been a global entity geographically, this wasn't always reflected from a language perspective. This topic in itself merits multiple posts, so I'll focus specifically here on domain names.
Domain names defined
Domain names are the Internet's address system and are used to identify Internet Protocol (IP) resources such as websites. They work because they are interoperable with IP addresses everywhere and are always unique – this means anyone, anywhere around the world on any network can arrive at the same destination through typing in the same domain name.
Web content itself has long been compatible with non-Latin based scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese and Thai. This is largely because Unicode has been adopted by all the main computing industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun…and more. Unicode is a computing industry standard, and its aim is to enable the consistent representation of text, irrespective of the script.
But domain names are different to web content, and because of technical constraints and the need to ensure domain names remain interoperable around the world, the Domain Name System (DNS) has traditionally been restricted to 37 ASCII characters: A-Z, 0-9 and the trusty old hyphen. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) are domains that support one or more non-ASCII characters, such as www.øl.com and 스타벅스코리아.com.
The permitted character set of the DNS has precluded the full representation of many languages in their native alphabets (scripts) within domain names. However, ICANN did approve the Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) system many years ago, and this system maps Unicode strings into the valid DNS character set using Punycode.
In short, this allows the transliteration or conversion between Unicode domain names and their ASCII equivalents (prefixed with xn--), thus allowing users to navigate the Internet in their own language. The IDNA system is designed to ensure that the Web doesn't fragment into a number of localized versions separated by script.
So, Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) have been available for registration at the second level for a while, meaning in countries such as Japan you could register a domain using a local script rather than a Latin-based one – however, it would still have been appended with '.jp', rather than a local script equivalent.
And this was the big change that came into effect last year. It became possible to register IDNs for ccTLDs such as السعودية. for Saudi Arabia, and .рф for Russia, and this at last meant domain names – including the country code – could contain non-Latin based characters throughout. This opened up the Internet's addressing system to the majority of the world's population, who have little comprehension of Latin-based scripts.
Ensuring interoperability
Did this change mean that some websites are no longer globally accessible? No, the Punycode mapping I discuss above makes it all possible. The conversions between the ASCII and non-ASCII characters of a domain name are achieved using algorithms called ToASCII and ToUnicode. These aren't applied to the domain name as a whole entity, but instead to individual labels within the domain. So, for example, if the domain name is Bücher.ch, then the two labels are Bücher, and ch. ToASCII is then applied to each of these separately.
Bücher is the German word for 'books', and .ch is the ccTLD of Switzerland – you'll note that the 'u' with an umlaut in there isn't an ASCII character. The second label '.ch' consists purely of ASCII characters, and is left unchanged in the ToASCII process. The first label is then nameprepped to give bücher, and then Punycode is used to give us bcher-kva. It is then prepended with xn--, to produce xn--bcher-kva.ch. This then makes it suitable for use in the DNS. This all sounds very complex, and that's because it is – but it should hopefully help you understand why it has taken so long to implement a system that allows domain names to contain no Latin-based characters at all. It is a minefield.
So, how has the world embraced this new found domain name freedom over the past twelve months? Let's take a look.
IDN ccTLDs: A year on
At the time of writing, ICANN has evaluated 27 different countries/territories, constituting 38 different IDN strings, and India has 7 approved and delegated already, covering its various regional vernaculars. Only 20 of the 27 countries/territories have thus far been delegated to the DNS root zone, though the others should probably be delegated shortly.
Bytelevel Research produced a world map of IDNs positioned next to their equivalent ccTLDs, which was up-to-date as of March this year. So whilst it's a little out of date now, it does help to illustrate the spread of countries that have taken to the new system.
EURid recently released a report examining the global use of IDNs. Early figures have indicated a strong public demand, particularly for the Russian .рф domain names which have reached 800,000 registrations as of March this year. The report says:
"The launch of the .рф TLD followed a standard landrush pattern, with a huge spike in registrations in November 2010, which then settled into a steady state. According to the Russian registrar, Reg.Ru, the landrush surpassed even their most optimistic forecasts."
Registration rates of .рф are currently sitting at around 32,000 per month, which is still slightly less than the 40,000 for the Russian ASCII .ru, but it is still indicative of the growing popularity for full native script domains. The report continues:
"The rate of domain names in use, known as a delegation rate, is a good indicator of the impact of a new domain, because domain names that are being used are more likely to be renewed18. Whereas in November 2010, less than 10% of the .рф domains were delegated, this had grown to 50% by late January 2011 (compared with around 70% in .ru). This is a high level of use, especially considering that lack of email functionality limits the utility of IDNs."
It's worth noting that the increasing popularity of .рф is likely to be in part due to a concerted information and marketing campaign. But the EURid report also notes that a lot is down to user preference, with almost three quarters of users finding that .рф domain names are easier to spell and remember compared with Latin-based scripts.
In the case of the Saudi Arabian domain, the introduction of the IDN ccTLD has also had a beneficial effect on demand for the ASCII equivalent ccTLD, .sa. The landrush for السعودية . domains began on 27 September 2010, and according to the report:
"These domain names currently account for 7% of all registrations in Saudi Arabia. Using this percentage and the overall growth of the TLD to date, registrations for 2011 are projected to more than double the average registration rate (2006 to 2009) on the assumption that current registration rates remain constant."
So using the Saudi Arabian IDN ccTLD as a benchmark, it seems there is still a lot of ground to cover if non-Latin based scripts are to properly catch on in domain names. But, as the report notes, "it seems that its launch has invigorated interest in Saudi domain names as a whole." This means that the .sa ccTLD has also received a boost in number of people registering domains overall.
Furthermore, as John Yunker – co-producer of the annual Web Globalization Report Card, and author of Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies – notes:
"Arabic IDNs in particular face an uphill battle because web browsers offer poor (and inconsistent) support for them."
So as the Web becomes increasingly multilingual, browsers will have to keep pace to ensure consistent representation of languages across the board – both in terms of Web content and URLs.
India…leading the way?
As Yunker notes, India (.in) is a particularly challenging domain because the country has more than 20 official languages covering multiple scripts. Here are the seven strings that have passed evaluation and been delegated to the DNS root zone so far:
So India, it seems, is really powering ahead in its attempt to provide accessible Internet for its population. China, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan, too, have all had more than one IDN string evaluated and delegated.
Problems with IDNs
Using Unicode in domain names can cause problems, in that it's easier to spoof websites by capitalizing on visual similarities between scripts – this is known as an IDN homograph attack. For example, Unicode character U+0430, Cyrillic small letter a, can look identical to Unicode character U+0061, Latin small letter a, used in English. Mozilla actually disabled IDN support by default back in 2005, to protect users from URL spoofing.
And it's this potential for spoofing that has led to some IDN ccTLDs being rejected in the past year.
Rejections
Greece was rejected for .ελ, because it resembled .EA – which, incidentally isn't being used as a ccTLD, but it is a two letter string in the ISO-3166 reserve list.
And Bulgaria was rejected by ICANN way back in May 2010, because its proposed ccTLD – .бг – was visually similar to the .br Brazilian ccTLD. So there are rules in place designed to help make the IDN ccTLD process run as smoothly as possible.
A survey in the EURid report found that 82% of participants highlighted that adding email functionality would improve IDN uptake. Email is a key part of domain functionality and as long as it is unavailable for IDNs their usefulness will be limited. This is the case for IDN ccTLDs. The report says:
"The email service on Cyrillic domains operates in the form [email protected]домен.рф, although some hosting companies can already support the email service имя@домен.рф. Work on IDN email compatibility continues. The IETF is currently working on the standards for IDN email and it is anticipated that full email functionality will be available by the end of 2012. Advances in this area will show the extent to which the email issue has been the barrier to uptake of IDNs.
Other suggestions to improve IDN uptake were "full support by the mobile environment" and the "ability to use IDNs in all applications including WHO IS and web browsers".
The future of IDN ccTLDs
The significance of the launch of IDN ccTLDs last year shouldn't be underestimated, as it goes some way towards putting the 'World' into WWW.
The changes brought in were all about improving the accessibility of non-Latin based scripts in the Internet's address system, but making the Web a truly multilingual place is a long and complex process.
It's too early to say how successful this will be in the long run, but countries such as Russia are showing that there is real potential here to revolutionize the Internet. And with other powerhouses such as India and China also striving to fully localize their domain names, I'd say we're well on the way to seeing a truly global Web. But there's still a lot of work to be done.
Published June 12, 2011 - 2:42 pm UTC


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<?php

namespace Osiset\ShopifyApp\Actions;

use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Contracts\Commands\Shop as IShopCommand;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Contracts\Queries\Shop as IShopQuery;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Objects\Enums\AuthMode;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Objects\Values\NullAccessToken;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Objects\Values\ShopDomain;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Services\ShopSession;
use Osiset\ShopifyApp\Traits\ConfigAccessible;
use stdClass;

/**
 * Authenticates a shop via HTTP request.
 */
class AuthorizeShop
{
    use ConfigAccessible;

    /**
     * Querier for shops.
     *
     * @var IShopQuery
     */
    protected $shopQuery;

    /**
     * Commander for shops.
     *
     * @var IShopCommand
     */
    protected $shopCommand;

    /**
     * The shop session handler.
     *
     * @var ShopSession
     */
    protected $shopSession;

    /**
     * Setup.
     *
     * @param IShopQuery  $shopQuery   The querier for the shop.
     * @param ShopSession $shopSession The shop session handler.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct(
        IShopQuery $shopQuery,
        IShopCommand $shopCommand,
        ShopSession $shopSession
    ) {
        $this->shopQuery = $shopQuery;
        $this->shopCommand = $shopCommand;
        $this->shopSession = $shopSession;
    }

    /**
     * Execution.
     * TODO: Rethrow an API exception.
     *
     * @param ShopDomain  $shopDomain The shop ID.
     * @param string|null $code       The code from Shopify.
     *
     * @return stdClass
     */
    public function __invoke(ShopDomain $shopDomain, ?string $code): stdClass
    {
        // Get the shop
        $shop = $this->shopQuery->getByDomain($shopDomain, [], true);
        if ($shop === null) {
            // Shop does not exist, make them and re-get
            $this->shopCommand->make($shopDomain, NullAccessToken::fromNative(null));
            $shop = $this->shopQuery->getByDomain($shopDomain);
        }

        // Return data
        $return = [
            'completed' => false,
            'url'       => null,
        ];

        $apiHelper = $shop->apiHelper();

        // Access/grant mode
        $grantMode = $shop->hasOfflineAccess() ?
            AuthMode::fromNative($this->getConfig('api_grant_mode', $shop)) :
            AuthMode::OFFLINE();

        $return['url'] = $apiHelper->buildAuthUrl($grantMode, $this->getConfig('api_scopes', $shop));

        // If there's no code
        if (empty($code)) {
            return (object) $return;
        }

        // if the store has been deleted, restore the store to set the access token
        if ($shop->trashed()) {
            $shop->restore();
        }

        // We have a good code, get the access details
        $this->shopSession->make($shop->getDomain());

        try {
            $this->shopSession->setAccess($apiHelper->getAccessData($code));
            $return['url'] = null;
            $return['completed'] = true;
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            // Just return the default setting
        }

        return (object) $return;
    }
}

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